Mrs Best's Sister Testifies On Insanity In Family
Mrs Gertrude Dunleavy detailed multiple insanity cases in the Yost and related lines to bolster the defense claim that Josephine Best was insane when she shot Carl Dufford. The sister described a long witness slate and family history, with jurors hearing about reputations and various relatives in Dixmont Marshalsea and Warren as the defense rested at 1:20 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yost
Gertrude Dunleavy
Josephine Best
Carl Dufford
Josephine
Dixmont
Marshalsea
Warren
Butler
Hildebrand
Mary Yost Mahoney
Cecelia Hertrick Morton
Ressa Hertrick
Edison Avenue
Alien
Ray O'Donnell
G. W. Limestone Co
Hillsville
Witness CrossExamination Details on Visit and Relationships
The testimony covers cross examination notes about a visit to Butler, purpose of meeting, conversations with sister and brother in law, and housing arrangements. It records who delivered furniture, who helped move it, who visited, and who drove the car. It notes illness in March 1923, knowledge of Mrs Dufford, and reflections on letters and calls from Carl Dufford and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirtz
Carl
Dufford
Carl Dufford
Harry Wirtz
Cambridge Springs
Woman recounts gun purchase amid mental distress trial
Testimony portrays Josephine Best seeking a gun at Rohers store to kill herself after months of nerves. Witnesses describe her decline, will found, and insist she did not intend to kill Carl Dufford, with police and store staff detailing hours, sightings, and a later collapse at the jail.
Early Indians studied anatomy as skeletons unearthed
Norwalk Connecticut June 23 Did colonial Indians in Connecticut know surgery The question arose when builders uncover an Indian burial ground near Calfpasture Park on Long Island Sound revealing scores of skeletons one bone appears wired Experts will examine the remains Records show the burial grounds date back over two centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Norwalk
Conn
Colony Days
Connecticut
Calfpasture Park
Long Island Sound
Woman Attempts Suicide at H. G. Wells Home
London report cites a sensational attempt by Hedy Gatterning an Austrian translator of Wells novels to take her life at the novelist historian’s home. Wells unavailable. Secretary says the affair was partially true and exaggerated. At Westminster infirmary she is admitted with throat wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Wells
International News Service
London
H. G Wells
Star Friday
Hedy Gatterning
Wells
Westminster Infirmary
Grandmother Sentenced for Manslaughter in Newark Case
New York June 23 Mrs An toinette Florenza a grandmother is in Clinton reformatory today with girls of a third her age. She killed her son in law when he attacked his own daughter. Florenza was sentenced by Judge Edwin Caffrey after conviction on manslaughter as prosecutor declined more serious charges. On April 20 her granddaughter cried into Florenza's room as Salvatore Juliano chased her. Florenza fired a pistol from a bureau drawer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Antoinette Florenza
Clinton Reformatory
Florenza
Edwin Caffrey
Newark County Court
Puritan Steamer to Be Cremated at Woodmont Beach
At Woodmont Connecticut a funeral pyre site has been prepared for the steamship Puritan once famed as queen of Long Island Sound. Wreckers will burn the hull to extract metals, with 5000 tons expected to fetch about 25000 dollars. New Haven officials plan to reject a 506000 dollar cash offer for the boat as it lay years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmont
Conn
Charles 8. Mellen
Long Island Sound
New Haven
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W. G. Anderson
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Wm. Tyrrell
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Cr. C. Horner
Davis
Ed. O. Raney
Hannah Mitchel
Madeline Scanlon
Eleanor Hanna
John A. Brice
Aiken
Best
Weist
San Luis
Obespo
Cal
Orin F. Best
Clarin County
California
Knox
Mr. Best
Warren Asylum
New Castle
Ideal
Percival’s
Allen Street
Josephine Soming
Harry Wertz
Bradys Bend
Arthur Defeels
Ray O’donnell
France
Gert
Raney
W. E. Porter
Rohrer
Dufford’s
Mr. Porter
Rohrer’s
Dufford's
Kee
Grace Rubel
Mercer
W. G. Andrews
Mr. McCracken
Will
Lou
R. B. Morrow
Thomas Shaffer
Pete Q
Fea
Ann Arbor
Mich
Marie Ketchall
S. L. McCracken
MceCracken
Shaffer
County Line Street
Pearl Dufford
Johnson Bronze Company
Hanna Mitchell
Ing
North Bay Street
Rae Muirhead
Porter
Eleanor Hannon
Eleanor
May Williams
Griff Thomas
Ed. Davenport
D. D. Guinaugh
Storage Battery Service Company
West North Street
Hos
Pital
Wells’ Books
Puritan
R. W. MacKenzie
Dr. MacKenzie
N. Jefferson St
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